Saturday 7 February 2009

No 9450, Saturday 7 February, M.Manna

Aced the Crossword today. Here are the answers

ACROSS
1 – Tell tales at school - {IN}{FORM}

4 – Train Rita to drop a bothersome nuisance - IRRITANT(-a)*

10 – Sailor achieves ambitions - {TAR}{GETS}
11 – Greets with words or gestures - SALUTES [CD]

12 – Term to express contempt or strike breakers - RATS [CD]

13 – A sorry state - REPENTANCE [CD]

16 – A site for a roadway - {A}{VENUE}

17 – Unrevealed facts from others - SECRETS [CD]

20 - Quarter paces turn made to gain freedom - {E{SCAPE*}S}

21 – Made the best arrangement to lure her - LAURIE

24 – Firm trust in secret - CONFIDENCE [CD]

25 – Something that points to a solution - CLUE [CD]

27 – Get no quack remedy - {PRO}{CURE}

29 – Allowed to bring in some cooked food - {OME{LET}S*}

30 – Substances that provide solutions - SOLVENTS [CD]

31 – Struck, ran fast - BELTED [CD]

DOWN

1 – Time to set out for ten, to rival for excellence - {I{NTE*}RVAL*}

2 – I, as pioneer – FIRST PERSON [DD]

3 – Fast running bird or mad hare - RHEA*

5 – Listed employees assigned on duties - ROSTERED [CD]

6 – Attempt to intimidate that does not work – IDLE THREAT [CD]

7 – Pat may be found to be suitable - APT*

8 – Made a sale on road of a gold plate on a vestment - {T}AS{S}EL*

9 – Easterner to rush about to escort people to their seats - {USH{E}R*}

14 – Why some people find it easy to be crooked – NATURAL BENT [CD]

15 – Made a silhouette look impressive – CUT A FIGURE [CD]

18 – Building for the workers in principle - {TENE{MEN}T}

19 – Let out and let out again - {RE}{LEASED}

22 – Manage on board ship fields of activity - {S{COPE}S}

23 – Coins changed for young member of a family - SCION*

26 – Holiday for an outdoor entertainment function - FETE [CD

28 – Greasy liquid used as lubricant – OIL[CD]

Col_Gopinath

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  4. Deepak and Kishore: Re Shanghai and Bangalore being used as verbs, I thought of telling you about the book BANGALORED the expat story by Eshwar Sundaresan, a good friend and former media colleague of mine. He is an IT techie-turned-fulltime-author, based in Bangalore.

    @ Shuchi, this might interest you as well.

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